Audio scrambling system for scrambling and descrambling audio signals

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5617476
SERIAL NO

08321766

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A scrambling system has a scrambling apparatus and a descrambling apparatus for scrambling and descrambling a digital audio signal having a plurality of 16-bit long sample data units. The scrambling apparatus has a detector for detecting, in each sample data unit, a meaningless portion which is a portion including the MSB and a meaningful portion which is a portion including the LSB, and applying scrambling only to the meaningful portion. Since the meaningless portion is not scrambled, no error data will appear in the meaningless portion. Thus, an unexpected abrupt change in sound caused by a bit error in the meaningless portion which has bits with greater weighted value can be avoided.

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  • MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ibaraki, Susumu Toyonaka, JP 49 1082
Katta, Noboru Itami, JP 59 1515
Murakami, Hiroki Osaka, JP 164 2306
Nakamura, Seiji Toyonaka, JP 61 1000

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